Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-01-18
KATE CHASE sPRAoUg

"Ho- the void has shsngsd slses
1902 I VI. .iiiipg On iks ''fssdsh
Of . pleasant house iss, s.thiss. -hsh
iu charming rnisirss. With . fs'oriis
srandeklld beside her. began her eoh'sf'
satiou with the sentences quoted above
81 knew Kate Chase ~ksn her father
vas Governor Of Ohio. She vi" Joung
.lip OF girl. bu, one whose mind and
manner even then gave promise Of the
brilliant woman she became Ia after years
I.e, me tell you something Of her early
life. when she Was mistress Of her fsthsfs
mansion here. for IL IL worth hearing
"In 1851 Miss Chas- came 10 Wssh-
inr,on with her father. Who had been
asked by Mr. Lincoln to become = mem
Der Of his Cabinet. Governor Chase vas
then In hi. prime. To the World be Was
. cold. disnihsd man. soms~hs, su',sre'
and rather repellsn, TO the average eiii.
Isn. His daughter. Kate. Vas the mis-
tree. Of bis establishment. lie lived at
the corner Of Sixth and 4 Streets. then q
fashionable par, OF the city. Hates ed
ues,ion bad been fairly good for the tine
bu, she never had anything like the finish
tha, girl. 10 her social position receive
nowadays. The studies. essentially fem.
mine In particular. bad been a good deal
Neglected and often omitted. Music she
cared bu, little for. though she PlsJsd
With q certain dash which Vas the result
Of careful msehhie.l training rather than
Of any e,p,cisl genius for music 'i'sIi
az the modern languages 'he knew AL
moe, nothing. Her reading bad been
ds,ul,ory rather than wide. This ". ih'
18th Of March. 1861. when she became
. resident Of Washington"
mo woman that ever lived VA
quicker TO perceive Der Deficiencies than
was the eldest daughter Of the great Sec
Rotary Of the Treasury. She fsli that
10 do al she desired - al that va
lacking In Der education mus, b rened'
led. and ., once She selected com
pe,snt Instructor Ia French ard German
.nd began her studies. When or hos
she found time 20 .,ujy-in the -hifl Of
.oeisiy Ia which she VAS central hgur
aud the ssei,emsh, Of the val ne's
undsrtood Ba, hnd Il she did. With
in year after she commenced her c0ur.'
u the langulg,. she could speak Gefms'
Nth exceptional hisncy. aud indeed q
thorough va. her mastery u that mos
difficult language iha, Mr.. Carl Sehuri
told me be Rad never known an American
-ko took up the study q German =, bet
age 10 speak and write !, With such grace
Of d facility as she attained. What
have said relative 20 her requirement o.
German will apply with equal accuracy
20 the rapidiiy -iih which she mastered
Frneh. have heard her 'pesking both
langusg,. ~ her father. table -iih AZ
ease ani flency that amazed and pleased
me. No one was more surprised aud de-
lighted =, the prosr,s. she made than bel
father lie "a. very proud Of hi' bril-
liant. handsome daughter. and with geo.
reason. While she Absolutely idoliEsd him
She honestly believed ,k., be "a. ,h'
mbodimsnt Of everything tha, -as noble
disnihed and learned Ia man. ! have
never known such devo,iOn in any dsugh'
ter a. Kate Chase showed 10 her father
And veil did be return IL. Sne ~s hi'
idol, hi, mos, trusted friend. Ne, 20
liieal move vas made by him without
Der kno-lsdss aud approval"